Gymnocrex rosenbergii (Blue-faced Rail)

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"Moreover, he had rediscovered not only the Snoring Rail and the Drummer Rail but also such little known creatures as Blue-faced Rail Gymnocrex rosenbergi, Sulawesi Woodcock Scolopax celebensis and Minahassa (or Unexpected) Owl Tyto inexspectata (Plate 8)."

Source:

Collar, Nigel J. (2009). Pioneer of Asian ornithology: Gerd Heinrich. BirdingASIA 11: 33-40.

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Lambert, Frank. (1989). Some field observations of the endemic Sulawesi rails. Kukilo 4(1-2): 34-36. [Abstract]